The site of the infamous Tracy tire fire, a 50-acre property on South MacArthur Drive where 7 million tires went up in smoke during a two-year rubbery inferno, sold last month in a county tax auction for a fraction of its worth.

Javier and Evangelina Jaime of Galt paid $61,000 in cash for the parcel — the amount of due taxes on the property. It was appraised last year at $900,000.